Is a tomato a fruit or vegatable?
Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit, since they develop from the ovary of a type of flower. ChaCha anytime!
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It is considered a fruit because fruit scientifically,is the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds.
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Fruits have seeds on the inside, so a tomato is technically a fruit. Ask ChaCha anything 24/7!
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A tomato is a fruit. ChaCha.
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Botanically tomatoes are classified as fruits because they contain seeds of the plant. Anything with a seed or a pit is a fruit.
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A tomato is botanically a fruit, but culinarily it functions as a vegetable.
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